seeker2845
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"I appreciate any help/suggest
"I appreciate any help/suggestions anyone can give me on this. I have a 2.7 HP Cruise and Carry outboard motor. It starts at the first pull and runs and idles fine. After some time of running (can't pinpoint time as I shut motor off when anchoring boat for fishing) the motor just shuts off by itself. It does not appear to be a fuel problem as there is still fuel in the bowl of the carbutator each time I checked when the motor shut off. The strange part is that I could re-start the motor after one or 2 pulls, although sometimes it took more pulls. The motor would shut off again after 1 minute of running or so and I could then re-start it again, thank goodness. Doing this repeatedly finally brought me back to the dock.
When I checked the spark plug when it was doing this, the spark plug looked clean. Yet I suspect it to be electrical in nature somehow. Could it be a capacitor heating up, preventing proper voltage to the spark plug?
I am taking the engine apart and doing a thorough cleaning of carburator and piston and cylinder (de-carb) but still feel shaky about the whole thing. Hate to be stuck on the lake and having to row all the way back from a fishing trip.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
-henk"
"I appreciate any help/suggestions anyone can give me on this. I have a 2.7 HP Cruise and Carry outboard motor. It starts at the first pull and runs and idles fine. After some time of running (can't pinpoint time as I shut motor off when anchoring boat for fishing) the motor just shuts off by itself. It does not appear to be a fuel problem as there is still fuel in the bowl of the carbutator each time I checked when the motor shut off. The strange part is that I could re-start the motor after one or 2 pulls, although sometimes it took more pulls. The motor would shut off again after 1 minute of running or so and I could then re-start it again, thank goodness. Doing this repeatedly finally brought me back to the dock.
When I checked the spark plug when it was doing this, the spark plug looked clean. Yet I suspect it to be electrical in nature somehow. Could it be a capacitor heating up, preventing proper voltage to the spark plug?
I am taking the engine apart and doing a thorough cleaning of carburator and piston and cylinder (de-carb) but still feel shaky about the whole thing. Hate to be stuck on the lake and having to row all the way back from a fishing trip.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
-henk"